PETALING JAYA, Sept 12 — The Rural Development Ministry is optimistic of participants at Karnival Usahawan Desa (KUD), to be held from Oct 17 to 21 in Putrajaya, which will be the last location for ...

JITRA: A three-month-old baby girl was among those rescued by the Social Welfare Department (SWD) in an integrated operation to weed out beggars and vagrants around Kubang Pasu and Kota Star last nigh...

MACHANG (Bernama): The cost of caring for Muhammad Aiman Asyraf Ramli, 21, who has lived with cerebral palsy since he was two years old, is becoming too much to bear for his family, who is pleading for help from the public.

SUBANG JAYA (Aug 30): The public sector has to achieve at least one per cent of Persons with Disabilities (OKU) employment to be able to show a good example to the private sector, said Deputy Women, ...

KUANTAN: The Regent of Pahang, Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah, today visited Sungai Lembing to extend his condolences to the victims of a fire which razed 32 buildings this morning and is believed ...

ISKANDAR PUTERI (Aug 18): The state government has started deducting the People's Housing Project (PPR) rental payments directly from tenants’ monthly financial aid since last month, said Johor Hous...

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 14 — The Social Welfare Department is ready to provide counselling support to family members of Irish teenager, Nora Anne Quoirin, who was found dead yesterday not far from the resort...

KOTA BARU: Awareness of parents and guardians in Kelantan to register their children or family members with special needs with the Social Welfare Department to obtain the Persons with Disabilities (OK...

GEORGE TOWN (Aug 12): Families in Penang whose houses were damaged in the powerful storm on Friday night have been urged to lodge a police report immediately to receive aid from the state government...

KOTA KINABALU: About 228 child nurseries have been set up in public sector workplaces nationwide which are registered with the Social Welfare Department until July, said Deputy Women, Family, and Comm...

KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has issued a plea to teenage girls and women who have become pregnant out of wedlock and do not intend to keep their babies, to ...

JASIN: About 64% of the 945 cases of abandoned babies were found dead from 2010 until last year, after they were left in places like public toilets and garbage areas, according to Deputy Minister of W...

JASIN, Aug 2 — About 64 per cent of the 945 cases of abandoned babies were found dead from 2010 until last year after they were left in places like public toilets and garbage areas, said Deputy Mini...

COMMENT | Suhakam repeats its call to the government to stop the detention of children, regardless of their status or documentation, as it contravenes the Convention on the Rights of the Child to whic...

KOTA BARU, July 15 — The Audit Department has reprimanded three Kelantan government agencies, namely, the state secretary office which manages the Kelantan Affordable Home Programme (RMKK); state So...

SERDANG: The Indonesian maid involved in the rape investigation on a Perak exco member is now under the care and responsibility of the Social Welfare Department, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

KUCHING, July 6 — The Department of Labour Sarawak (JTKSwk) will co-operate with the National Anti-Drugs Agency (NADA) in the effort to provide job opportunities to former participants of its treatm...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry is in the process of shutting down the nursery in Batu Gajah, Perak, where a four-year-old girl was raped by the caretaker’s 12-yea...

BANGI: Parents and people directly involved with children should check the background of their poten­tial employees against the registry of sexual offenders against children (e-DKK), which has received 68 applications since April.

BANGI: Parents and persons who are directly involved with children are advised to fully utilise the registry of sexual offenders against children (e-DKK). Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Aziz...

Parents and persons directly involved with children have been advised to fully utilise the Registry System for Sexual Offenders against Children (e-DKK). Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail...

PUTRAJAYA: Two Independent Living Centres (ILC) will be set up this year as the government’s latest initiative to empower people with disabilities in the country, said the Women, Family and Communit...

KUALA NERUS: The five-year-old Tuan Nur Batrisyia Tuan Nasir who is suffering from Hydrocephalus or excessive fluid in the brain resulting in abnormal growth, has caught the attention of the Terenggan...

PUTRAJAYA: No elements of abuse have been found against occupants of the Pusat Jagaan Warga Emas dan Terapi Fitrah Seremban as has been alleged, according to Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Az...

PUTRAJAYA: No elements of abuse have been found among elderly occupants of the Pusat Jagaan Warga Emas dan Terapi Fitrah Seremban as has been alleged, said Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Isma...

PETALING JAYA: The two child abuse victims who were rescued in Puchong will continue to be warded in Serdang Hospital until the hospital authorities deem they are fit enough to leave, says Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh.

PUTRAJAYA: There is a steady supply of essential food items and water for the orang asli community in Kampung Kuala Koh, Gua Musang, Kelantan, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department P. Way...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 ― A former telecommunications company (telco) chief executive who was arrested last week was found to have a history of abuse and sexual misconduct that was traced back as far a...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Over 400 school dropouts in Perak have been able to return to school due to the work and initiatives taken by the Special Committee to eradicate school dropout problem in the ...

KUALA NERUS: The daily routine of this 15-year-old starts as early as 5.30am with numerous household chores and helping to care for her youngest sibling, who is still a toddler, before going to school.

PETALING JAYA: Police and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) must investigate and bring social media abusers to book for being complicit in the suicide of a 16-year-old in Sarawak, says Wanita MCA chief Datuk Heng Saie Kie.

KOTA BARU (Bernama): The Kelantan Islamic Religious Affairs Department (Jaheaik) has issued notices to 39 women, asking them to attend counselling sessions after they were found to have dressed inappropriately during the fasting month.